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Peter Grimes-6 November 1947 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Karl Rankl
Chorus Director Douglas Robinson
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Peter Pears
Ellen Orford
the Borough schoolmistress 		Joan Cross
Auntie
Landlady of the Boar 		Edith Coates
Her Niece Blanche Turner
Her Niece Muriel Burnett
Captain Balstrode
a retired sea captain 		Tom Williams
Mrs Sedley
a widow 		Constance Shacklock
Swallow
lawyer and magistrate 		Owen Brannigan
Ned Keene
apothecary 		Grahame Clifford
Bob Boles
a Methodist fisherman 		Hubert Norville
The Rector David Tree
Hobson
the village carrier 		Rhydderch Davies
The Boy
Peter Grimes' new apprentice 		Derek North
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 6 November 1947 (in Royal Opera House Collections)